Imperial Violet

JULY 28, 2023

This was because I saw in reviews that iOS 17’s voice recognition was supposed to be much improved, and I figured that I’d give it a try. I’ve always found iOS’s recognition to be superior to Google Docs and I have an old iPad Pro that’s good for betas. The following is the output of a poor speech recognition system.

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OpenText Information Management

JANUARY 22, 2024

With this in mind, OpenText is honored to receive positive recognition for our solutions from many of the leading industry analyst firms we actively collaborate with. These reports play a pivotal role in … The post Industry analyst recognition round-up appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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MAY 18, 2023

This includes … The post OpenText receives recognition from leading industry analyst firms appeared first on OpenText Blogs. The investments we make and the customer-centric approach we take to our innovations are, we believe, what makes our solutions so valuable.

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WIRED Threat Level

JANUARY 22, 2024

Leaked records reveal what appears to be the first known instance of a police department attempting to use facial recognition on a face generated from crime-scene DNA. It likely won’t be the last.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

While I no longer concern myself with seeking professional recognition for doing this, it’s, of course, always terrific to receive peer validation that we’re steering a good course. The recognition comes from Cyber Security Hub, a website sponsored by IQPC Digital.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Implementing Technology at Airports Raises Concerns Airports across the globe are increasingly leveraging facial recognition technology to verify and authenticate passengers. But some privacy advocates have raised concerns, especially in India, where several airports are ramping up facial recognition programs.

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The Guardian Data Protection

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Biometric data of more than 2,000 staff at 38 leisure centres was unlawfully processed to check attendance, watchdog finds Britain’s data watchdog has ordered a Serco subsidary to stop using facial recognition technology and fingerprint scanning to monitor the attendance of staff at the leisure centres it operates.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 28, 2019

Sweden Issues Penalty After School Tests the Technology Sweden's Data Protection Authority has issued its first fine for violations of the European Union's General Data Protection regulation after a school launched a facial recognition pilot program to track students' attendance without proper consent.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 20, 2019

and Beyond A developer's use of facial recognition technology to scan the faces of pedestrians in London has sparked concerns from residents, the mayor and Britain's privacy watchdog. The Technology Sparks Privacy Concerns in the U.K. presidential race.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

The facial recognition technology is used by the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles to ensure no one obtains multiple credentials or credentials under someone else’s name, said Emily Cook, spokesperson for the secretary of state’s office.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 17, 2020

Civil Liberties Group Wants More Clarity From DHS The ACLU has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department Of Homeland Security and three of its agencies in an effort to learn more about how the department uses facial recognition technology at airports and the country's borders.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 21, 2020

Sundar Pichai Calls for Government Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai is supporting an EU proposal for a temporary ban on the use facial recognition technology in public areas and is calling for government regulation of artificial intelligence.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

announced in a blog post that it will shut down its “ Face Recognition” system in coming weeks as part of a company-wide move to limit the use of facial recognition in its products. According to the announcement, the company continues to explore these types of use cases for facial recognition.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

We have experimentally verified the attacks on a FaceNet-based facial recognition system, which achieves SOTA accuracy on the standard LFW dataset of 99.35%. On the one hand, the attacker has access to the internals of the facial recognition system. without using any additional training or optimization). It’s a weird attack.

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WIRED Threat Level

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Face recognition technology has been controversial for years. Cops in the UK are drastically increasing the amount they use it.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 30, 2020

Plaintiffs Argued Company Violated Illinois' Biometric Privacy Law Facebook has agreed to pay $550 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging the company violated Illinois law in collecting data for a facial recognition tool without users' consent.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Leisure Center Operators Ordered to Stop Using Facial and Fingerprint Recognition Britain's privacy watchdog ordered Serco Leisure, which operates nearly 40 leisure facilities, to cease using facial recognition and fingerprint scanning for clocking employees in and out, saying the company failed to demonstrate such technology was "necessary or proportionate." (..)

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

On August 9, 2021, Baltimore joined Portland, Oregon and New York City in enacting a local ordinance regulating the private sector’s use of facial recognition technology. Read our earlier post for more details about Baltimore’s ban on the use of facial recognition technology by private entities and individuals within its city limits.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Facebook announced to shut down its Face Recognition system and is going to delete over 1 billion people’s facial recognition profiles. Facebook announced it will stop using the Face Recognition system on its platform and will delete over 1 billion people’s facial recognition profiles. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 6, 2021

The results we present demonstrate that it is possible to obtain a high coverage of the population (over 40%) with less than 10 master faces, for three leading deep face recognition systems. Two good articles.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2022

Ukraine’s defense ministry began using Clearview AI’s facial recognition technology to uncover Russian assailants, combat misinformation and identify the dead. Ukraine’s defense ministry announced it will use the AI’s facial recognition technology offered by Clearview. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Concerns About the Use of the Technology in Public Places Persist The European Union appears to be moving toward dropping a temporary ban on the use of facial recognition technology in public places, according to news reports. Some technology experts had argued that a temporary ban would be impractical and ineffective in preventing abuse.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

On February 23, 2024, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (the “ICO”) reported that it had ordered public service providers Serco Leisure, Serco Jersey and associated community leisure trusts (jointly, “the Companies”) to stop using facial recognition technology (“FRT”) and fingerprint scanning (“FS”) to monitor employee attendance.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Legislation Awaits Governor's Signature Lawmakers in California have voted to ban the use of facial recognition technology within the body cameras that police wear. The measure now awaits the governor's signature.

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JULY 18, 2018

We Refuse to be Complicit,' Silicon Valley Employees Tell Bosses Silicon Valley employees are increasingly calling on executives to restrict the use of facial recognition technology, mobilized in part by the U.S. Experts say facial recognition regulations are needed - and quickly.

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Threatpost

AUGUST 20, 2020

The proposed law comes as police departments around the country for their use of facial recognition to identify allegedly violent Black Lives Matter protesters.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Metropolitan Police Gave Images to Developer, Mayor Says The use of facial recognition technology within a fashionable section of London is continuing to stir controversy with an admission this week that the Metropolitan Police Service shared images with a developer as a part of a trial run of a surveillance system.

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MAY 18, 2023

On May 17, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted the final version of its Guidelines on facial recognition technologies in the area of law enforcement (the “Guidelines”).

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Threatpost

JUNE 29, 2020

Comparitech’s Paul Bischoff found that Amazon’s facial recognition platform misidentified an alarming number of people, and was racially biased.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 29, 2020

On December 22, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law legislation that temporarily bans the use or purchase of facial recognition and other biometric identifying technology in public and private schools until at least July 1, 2022.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 23, 2022

Clearview AI hit with penalty for collecting images of people from social media and web to add to global database The UK’s data watchdog has fined a facial recognition company £7.5m for collecting images of people from social media platforms and the web to add to a global database.

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HID Global

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Discover the key factors to consider when selecting facial recognition technology for your organization to ensure seamless & reliable biometric authentication.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2021

Researchers from Adversa devised an attack technique, dubbed ADVERSARIAL OCTOPUS, against Facial Recognition systems. . Recently, we’ve discovered a new way of attacking Facial Recognition systems and decided to show it in practice. THE INTENTION BEHIND THIS PROJECT. ATTACK DETAILS.

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HID Global

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Explore 10 ways AI-powered facial recognition in healthcare facilities enhances patient identification & safety, prevents fraud, and streamlines operations.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

s chief privacy watchdog, is urging police to go slow when it comes to using live facial recognition. Commissioner Elizabeth Denham Also Calls for Creating a 'Code of Practice' Elizabeth Denham, the U.K.'s She also calls on the government to create a statutory code of practice for police use of the technology.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2021

US banks are giving the green light to the adoption of facial recognition technology, while authorities provide regulations and updates guidelines. Many among the US biggest banks are trying their luck with facial recognition technology. The European Union takes a stand on facial recognition. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 30, 2021

for unlawful use of a facial recognition system. The facial recognition system and related processing of biometric data also captured facial images of all customers entering Mercadona’s supermarkets, including children and Mercadona’s employees.

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